Gerald
Gonshorowski, 67
Greenbush
- Gerald Gonshorowski, 67, of Greenbush, died
on Sunday, May 2, 2004 at his home.
Funeral
services were held on Friday, May 7 at Gieseke
Funeral Chapel of Greenbush, with Pastor Larry
Severson officiating. Casket bearers included
Virgil Gryskiewicz, Lambert Schires, Rhett Haugen,
Jon Vacura, Darrin Forst, James and Mike Bergsnev.
Honorary casket bearers included all of Gerald's
friends and Hospice personnel, Marilyn Graftstrom,
Beth Lund, Deb Vacura and Agnes Paulsen and special
helper Duane Taggart. Interment was held at Barnett
National Cemetery. Military honors were provided by
Moen-Zimek post 88, American Legion of
Greenbush.
Gerald
Gonshorowski was born October 17, 1936 in
Greenbush, the son of John and Florence
(Pulczinski) Gonshorowski. He grew up in Greenbush
and attended school in District 58, Polonia
Township and at the Haug-Leo Schools. He worked
road construction at various locations, served in
the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1958 and at the missle
sites in North Dakota.
He
married Mavis Vacura January 29, 1966. They farmed
in Polonia Township, rural Greenbush. Gerald was an
active member of the community. He served on the
Polonia Township Board for 29 years, the Farmer's
Co-op Ag Service Board of Greenbush for 20 years,
the Roseau County Co-op Association Board and was a
past president of the Western Roseau County
Sportsmans Club.
Survivors
include his wife Mavis, two daughters, Rebecca
(Lowell) Langaas and Rachel (Brian) Kjos, all of
Greenbush; one son, Ryan of Greenbush; four
grandchildren; four brothers, Gale (Dorothy) of
Inver Grove Heights, Gervase (Karen) of Hopkins,
Mark of Greenbush and Nathan (Julie) of Darrington,
Wash.; one sister, Roxann (Laddie) Forst of
Warroad; and several nieces, nephews and other
relatives and friends.
He
was preceded in death by his parents; two nephews;
and his father-in-law, Edward Vacura Jr.
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